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Counter-Protests Give UK Some Relief From Far-Right Riots
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August 8, 2024
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0:58Now PlayingKeir Starmer insisted authorities would maintain a crackdown on violent far-right disorder plaguing British streets, even after an expected night of rioting was averted by a heavy turnout by police and thousands of anti-racism counter-protesters.
The prime minister said on Thursday that he would convene another emergency meeting with law enforcement officers to “reflect on last night” and plan for the days ahead. “It’s important that we don’t let up here,” he told broadcasters.
Police had 6,000 specialist officers ready to guard areas around immigration-related facilities on Wednesday, after online agitators posted messages urging supporters to converge on them. The unrest was initially triggered last week by the fatal stabbings of three young girls and false rumors that the attacker was Muslim asylum-seeker, before morphing into anti-immigration and racist disorder.
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